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Nanami (wrestler)
is a Japanese professional wrestler currently signed to the Japanese promotions World Woman Pro-Wrestling Diana. She is also known for her work in World Wonder Ring Stardom. Professional wrestling career World Woman Pro-Wrestling Diana (2019-present) Nanami made her professional wrestling debut in World Woman Pro-Wrestling Diana at ''Kaoru Ito's 30th Debut Anniversary'' event where she fell short to Jaguar Yokota. Independent circuit (2019-present) As part freelancer, Nanami is known for her appearances in various promotions from the Japanese independent scene. At ''2AW Ayame Sasamura & Rina Shingaki Produce ~ Butterfly Dance'', an event promoted by Active Advance Pro Wrestling on March 14, 2021, Nanami teamed up with Miyuki Takase in a losing effort against Saki and Miku Aono. She also makes sporadic appearances for Sendai Girls' Pro Wrestling. At a house show promoted on January 12, 2020, she competed in a 12-woman battle royal won by Dash Chisako and also involving Ayame Sa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yokohama, Japan
is the second-largest city in Japan by population and the most populous municipality of Japan. It is the capital city and the most populous city in Kanagawa Prefecture, with a 2020 population of 3.8 million. It lies on Tokyo Bay, south of Tokyo, in the Kantō region of the main island of Honshu. Yokohama is also the major economic, cultural, and commercial hub of the Greater Tokyo Area along the Keihin Industrial Zone. Yokohama was one of the cities to open for trade with the West following the 1859 end of the policy of seclusion and has since been known as a cosmopolitan port city, after Kobe opened in 1853. Yokohama is the home of many Japan's firsts in the Meiji period, including the first foreign trading port and Chinatown (1859), European-style sport venues (1860s), English-language newspaper (1861), confectionery and beer manufacturing (1865), daily newspaper (1870), gas-powered street lamps (1870s), railway station (1872), and power plant (1882). Yokohama developed ra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dash Chisako
, better known by her ring name , is a Japanese professional wrestler. She was trained by Meiko Satomura and has worked for her Sendai Girls' Pro Wrestling promotion since her debut in July 2006. For the first ten years of her career, Chisako was part of a tag team with her younger sister Sachiko, who worked under the ring name Sendai Sachiko, with the two winning the Sendai Girls World Tag Team Championship, Ice Ribbon's International Ribbon Tag Team Championship, JWP Joshi Puroresu's JWP and Daily Sports Women's Tag Team Championships and World Woman Pro-Wrestling Diana's WWWD World Tag Team Championship as well as JWP's 2013 Tag League the Best tournament. Sachiko retired from professional wrestling in January 2016, forcing Chisako to start a singles career. In December 2017, Chisako won her first singles championship, the Pure-J Openweight Championship. Chisako has also wrestled in the United States for the Chikara promotion, where she won the 2016 King of Trios tournament ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Professional Wrestling Match Types
Many types of wrestling matches, sometimes called "concept" or " gimmick matches" in the jargon of the business, are performed in professional wrestling. Some gimmick matches are more common than others and are often used to advance or conclude a storyline. Throughout professional wrestling's decades long history, some gimmick matches have spawned many variations of the core concept. Singles match The singles match is the most common of all professional wrestling matches, which involves only two competitors competing for one fall. A victory is obtained by pinfall, submission, knockout, countout, or disqualification. Some of the most common variations on the singles match is to restrict the possible means for victory. Duchess of Queensbury Rules match A Duchess of Queensbury Rules match is a singles match contested under specific, often disclosed rules is replaced by a title usually meant to sound traditional for one combatant. A wrestler challenging another wrestler to a ma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stardom World Climax 2022
The Stardom World Climax 2022 was a two-day professional wrestling event promoted by World Wonder Ring Stardom. The event took place on March 26 and 27, 2022, in Tokyo, Japan at the Ryōgoku Kokugikan, with a limited attendance due in part to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic at the time. Event The show featured a total of seventeen professional wrestling matches (eight on the first night, nine on the second) that resulted from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches. The press conference for the event was held on March 3, 2022 and was broadcast on Stardom's YouTube channel, announcing and officializing all of the matches from both nights. For the second night, various rookie talent from other promotions from the Japanese independent scene who also competed in the New Blood 1 event on March 11, were announced to be part of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruaka (wrestler)
is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working for the Japanese promotions World Wonder Ring Stardom where she is a former one-time Future of Stardom Champion Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (2017-present) She competed for one time in Sendai Girls' Pro Wrestling in a dark exhibition match which took place at a house show from April 6, 2017 where she fell short to Manami. World Wonder Ring Stardom (2016-present) Ruaka made her professional wrestling debut at the early age of 12, at ''Goddesses Of Stars'', an event promoted by World Wonder Ring Stardom on November 20, 2016 where she teamed up with Arisu Nanase in a losing effort to AZM and Natsuko Tora. She is known for competing in various of the promotion's signature events such as the Stardom All Star Dream Cinderella from March 3, 2021 where she competed in a 24-women Stardom All Star Rumble featuring superstars from the company's past such as Yuzuki Aikawa, Kyoko Inoue, Miho Wakizawa, Chigusa Na ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Starlight Kid
is a Japanese professional wrestler currently signed to World Wonder Ring Stardom, where she is a former High Speed Champion. She became the first wrestler to wear her mask full-time in Stardom as part of her ''luchadora'' persona. Greatly influenced by ''Lucha libre'', Starlight Kid has followed Mexican tradition for masked wrestlers, so her real name is not a matter of public record. Professional wrestling career World Wonder Ring Stardom (2015-present) Starlight Kid debuted on October 11, 2015 at ''Goddesses of Stardom'' in a three-way match with Kaori Yoneyama and Momo Watanabe. On November 8, she competed in her first major Stardom tournament, teaming up with Hiromi Mimura to compete in the 2015 Goddesses of Stardom Tournament. The team lost in the first round to Watanabe & Datura. After that, she would team up with Miura very often. Kid spent most of her matches losing to other, more experienced wrestlers, which would help put over other wrestlers while at the same time g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Oedo Tai
(Stylized OEDotai, also known as "Oedo Corps" in Japanese) is a villanous professional wrestling stable, currently performing in the Japanese professional wrestling promotion World Wonder Ring Stardom, and formerly in the Professional wrestling in Japan, Japanese independent scene. The stable currently consists of Natsuko Tora, Saki Kashima, Ruaka (wrestler), Ruaka, Rina (wrestler), Rina, Kaori Yoneyama, Fukigen Death, Starlight Kid, Haruka Umesaki and Momo Watanabe. History Under Kyoko Kimura and Act Yasukawa (2015) The group originally formed after Kimura Monster Gun's Kyoko Kimura, Kris Wolf and Hudson Envy joined forces with Act Yasukawa, Dragonita and Heidi Lovelace following the events of Stardom's 4th Anniversary show on January 18, 2015, defining themselves as the founding members of the unit. With Yasukawa and Kimura acting as co-leaders, they rebranded themselves with a Samurai theme due to Act, who was “The Samurai Spirit” of World Wonder Ring Stardom, Stardom. Y ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Haruka Umesaki
is a Japanese professional wrestler, who currently performs in World Wonder Ring Stardom as a freelancer, under the ring name Karma. She also works in World Woman Wrestling Diana, as well as appearing in such promotions as Pro Wrestling Wave, PURE-J and YMZ. Professional wrestling career World Women's Wrestling Diana (2019-present) Umesaki debuted for Diana in 2019. She is also known for competing in multiple promotions of the Japanese independent scene. At ''Seadlinnng Shin-Kiba 23rd NIGHT'' on March 23, 2020, she picked up a voctory over Honori Hana. At ''New Ice Ribbon #1078'', an event produced by Ice Ribbon on October 31, 2020, Umesaki unsuccessfully faced Suzu Suzuki for the ICE Cross Infinity Championship. At a house show promoted by Pure-J on June 13, 2021, she unsuccessfully challenged Akari for the Princess of Pro Wrestling Championship. At ''Oz Academy Complete Control'' on February 13, 2022, Umesaki teamed up with Kakeru Sekiguchi to defeat Mei Suruga and Momoka Han ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stardom New Blood 1
was a professional wrestling event promoted by World Wonder Ring Stardom. The event took place on March 11, 2022, in Tokyo, Japan at the Shinagawa Intercity Hall, with a limited attendance due in part to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic at the time. Event The ''"New Blood"'' is a series of events which mainly focus on matches where rookie wrestlers, usually with three or less years of in-ring experience, evolve. Besides wrestlers from Stardom, various superstars from multiple promotions of the Japanese independent scene are invited to compete in bouts that are usually going under the stipulation of singles or tag team matches. The show featured a total of six professional wrestling matches that resulted from scripted storylines, where wrestlers portrayed villains, heroes, or less distinguishable characters in the scripted events that built tension and culminated in a wrestling match or series of matches. The press conference for the event was held on March 1, 2022 and was broadc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Saori Anou
is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working as a freelancer and is best known for her tenure with the Japanese promotion Actwres girl'Z and her freelance appearances in promotions such as Oz Academy and Ice Ribbon. She is the current ICE Cross Infinity Champion in Ice Ribbon. Professional wrestling career Actwres girl'Z (2015–2019) Saori Anou debuted as a professional wrestler at the inaugural Actwres girl'Z show, ''AgZ Prologue'' on May 31, 2015. Until her departure from the company in December of 2019, Anou was one of AgZ's biggest and most important stars for the promotion. On November 15, 2018, Anou defeated SAKI in the finals of the AgZ Title Tournament and became the promotion's first champion. Anou would go on to lose the title to Reika Saiki on August 19, 2019. Anou would make two appearances in AgZ in 2021, including Act Yasukawa's return match. Independent circuit (2015–present) As a freelancer, Anou is known for competing in various promotions. At a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ice Ribbon
is a ''joshi puroresu'' (women's professional wrestling) professional wrestling promotion, promotion established in 2006 by Emi Sakura, after her split with Gatokunyan. History Ice Ribbon was founded by Emi Sakura, a professional wrestler who was active with International Wrestling Association of Japan, IWA Japan and Frontier Martial-Arts Wrestling, FMW in the 1990s as Emi Motokawa. They split with Gatokunyan, the promotion Sakura herself represented, and held their first card on June 20, 2006 in Tokyo. Ice Ribbon built their own dojo in Warabi, Saitama and gave ownership to a company called Neoplus in January 2009. Ice Ribbon's shows mainly take place at their dojo called Isami Wrestle Arena in Saitama, with several larger annual events, like ''Golden Ribbon'' and ''RibbonMania'', taking place at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sakura Hirota
is a Japanese professional wrestler currently working as a freelancer and is best known for her tenure with the Japanese promotions Pro Wrestling Wave and Oz Academy. Hirota's later career is characterized by being a comedy wrestler who oft appears as a doppelgänger of other wrestlers, dressing up as and portraying their mannerisms in an exaggerated, poorly executed way for comedic effect. Hirota sometimes even ironically imitates her own opponent, examples include: Saki Akai and Asuka. Professional wrestling career Independent circuit (1996-present) Hirota made her professional wrestling debut at ''AJW Discover New Heroine'', an event promoted by All Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling on August 12, 1996 where she competed in a tag team tournament in which she paired up with her trainer Chigusa Nagayo, falling short to Aja Kong and Yoshiko Tamura in a first-round match. As a freelancer, Hirota is known for working with various promotions. At ''WAVE The Virgin Mary Reina De Reinas ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
